Dictionary Entry
nose
nose is a 4-letter English word with 22 senses as noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory. Face value is 4 in Scrabble and 5 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 4 · Words With Friends 5 · 22 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril Olfactory organ under Olfactory.
- 2noun
The power of smelling; hence, scent.
- 3noun
A projecting end or beak at the front of an object; a snout; a nozzle; a spout; as, the nose of a bellows; the nose of a teakettle.
- 4transitive verb
To smell; to scent; hence, to track, or trace out.
- 5transitive verb
To touch with the nose; to push the nose into or against; hence, to interfere with; to treat insolently.
- 6transitive verb
To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer.
- 7intransitive verb
To smell; to sniff; to scent.
- 8intransitive verb
To pry officiously into what does not concern one.
- 9noun
a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft)
"the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"
- 10noun
the front or forward projection of a tool or weapon
"he ducked under the nose of the gun"
- 11noun
a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged
Synonyms
- 12noun
the organ of smell and entrance to the respiratory tract; the prominent part of the face of man or other mammals
"he has a cold in the nose"
- 13noun
a natural skill
"he has a nose for good deals"
- 14noun
the sense of smell (especially in animals)
"the hound has a good nose"
- 15noun
a symbol of inquisitiveness
"keep your nose out of it"
- 16noun
a small distance
"my horse lost the race by a nose"
- 17verb
defeat by a narrow margin
- 18verb
rub noses
Synonyms
- 19verb
push or move with the nose
- 20verb
advance the forward part of with caution
"She nosed the car into the left lane"
- 21verb
catch the scent of; get wind of
"The dog nosed out the drugs"
- 22verb
search or inquire in a meddlesome way
"This guy is always nosing around the office"
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